Thursday, November 12th, was NYC Costco Day (according to me, David, Ariel, and Kristen). You see, I didn’t grow up with Costco, Sam’s Club, or any super large shopping store; the closest I got to a large superstore was a Meijer and Wal-Mart in Champaign, Illinois. Since I’m not used to buying in bulk, going […]
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? If you’re in NYC, you can check out the Cook.Eat.Drink.Live Food Festival along with David and another GNN correspondent! Sponsored by Zagat and the Astor Center, 2009’s festival will feature culinary celebrities, restaurants, tastings, live cooking demonstrations and holiday shopping from November 6-8th in their new space […]
Last Sunday, I organized a little get together at Momofuku Bo Ssam for their bo ssam dinner (which means “enclosed” or “wrapped” in Korean). For $200, you get a huge pork butt, a dozen oysters, lettuce, rice, and dipping sauces (pureed kim chee, kim chee bits, ginger scallion sauce, and Korean red sauce, ssam jiang). […]
Over the weekend, I went to Momofuku Noodle Bar for their fried chicken dinner. For $100, you get two chickens prepared two different ways: Southern Style (coated with buttermilk, Old Bay seasoning, salt, and pepper and fried twice) and Korean Style (fried three times and glazed with a semi-spicy Korean red sauce). The meal also […]
Have you ever read anything about Rao’s? You’ve probably seen the pasta sauce next to the regular marinara at Whole Foods or some other grocery store and wondered why it cost $7.99 compared to the $1.99 Whole Foods organic stuff. Well, Rao’s is a restaurant in Harlem (and Las Vegas) and it’s one of the […]
